felted vessels

hello and how are you today?
Now i did these a little while ago but i thought i would share these with you.
I had my photos saved to disk but misplaced the disk whilst showing family members ! this is quite resent work and this lead up to my knitted vessels I do love playing with felt.


i have been asked to make a flat piece of work for a friend with felt she wants something colorful (my favorite) and decorative so i thought if i made a felt piece with some embroidery on top ... but firstly i need some inspiration!!

so i will have to put my thinking cap on and start ... i would really like to get this piece made before she comes back from holiday as a little surprise for her so i have a time limit of 3 weeks!! right anyway to show you some pictures!!! these were taken by James Mann unfortunately i cannot take credit for his great clicking skills (or maybe i shouldn't of said and then got full credit he he - hmmmmm... nah )







these photos are taking a while to load, they are big files so i will have to be patient (she says tapping her fingers) whilst i wait I'm watching my son still running around in his pj's taunting his grandad and trying to 'nipple cripple' him ... i know what your thinking.. he sounds like a great, polite child!! he is the cheekyist funniest little chap and i wouldn't be without him!

anyway loading loading loading .....


these forms were quite good in that they managed to keep themselves in place and in shape i didn't have to use anything to help them i will let you know how i made them i was all simply done and by using ... 2 balloons, a pair of old tights, elastic bands, a bowl, water, and i forget them name of the washing power but its in a green box and has happy smiley people on it ( - of course not many do now your definitely know which one it is!!!) ah just come to me.... its Dreft.





It was suggested to me by a good friend when i first started felting and Ive never looked back! so 2 balloons, tights, water dreft, a bowl and your felting hands... prepare for mess! Love the mess! get your balloon and half fill with water, blow up the rest of the balloon to the desired size you want soapy up the balloon (fairy liquid good enough- just acts as a bit more of a resist) now and stand it in a bowl . choose your fibres and place them on and around the balloon and build up to 3 layers (wont let me load so try it again.. right where was i )

cut the legs off the tights and tie up with the elastic bands now you need to be quite cunning or have a very helpful friend stretch out the tights and place over the balloon be careful not to move any of the fibers you have just so loving placed on it (curse words do not help but can and may make you feel better :)! ) now its on tie the end of the tights to the end of the balloon (i should have drawn diagrams)



actually i have photos i will have a gander through and see what i can do . now start felting get your dreft and hot water (not boiling but hot enough to get felting) get felting keep checking your fibres and when you think you have felted it enough take the tights of shock the fibres with cold water, pop your balloon, wash the felt masterpiece dry it just by squeezing it, get your other balloon and blow up inside your piece and voila!! wait for it to dry and then pop the balloon and admire your new vessel or vessels as the case may be!! phew !

this weeks i 'ave been mostly (part une)



Knit knit knitting.... i was knitting a little blanket for gracie-laces bed just as
1. i thought it wouldlook comfy and 2.i had a good dyed wool i thougt i'd use as well as the pinky purpley wool i also decided to blend some blues and whites in to break it up a little and put some texture in with it with the ridges i quite like it and the woof enjoys it she looks very sweet in her red bed and then her blankie on top i should really get a picture o that too but my camera is playing silly buggers at the moment ... hey ho ....




.... im quite pleased with the pictures i manged to get ... enjoy!

p.s sorry for any spelling mistakes at the moment my brain is not funtioning with how fast im typing!!

this weeks i 'ave been mostly (part deux)




OF COURSE MORE BAKIN' TELL YOU WHAT AINT NOTHING BETTER THAN SHARIN'


Also another fab fav thing we do in our spare time is of course the geocaching found a couple of nice caches around where i live i think the main beauty of this hobbies is really discovering the places that you come across




and didnt realise that the place was there and would of usually missed it and also the tresure hunting ... me and my dad get very competitive although if ebens with us for some caching we usually point him in the right direction so he finds it first!




We also didnt realise we could actully get so upand close to the wind farm (well 2 windmills)but they make such an amazing sound although we were taking about if we lived right next door to it what a pain it would be ! can you imagine if they formed iceicles !!?? bloomin' eck!!

this weeks i 'ave been mostly (part trois)



Baking cakes again and again i love this cupcake mould i was given by a very dear friend of mine we decide to make them lemon flavoured as grandad was coming over for tea and grandad loves lemon


... my dad has no sweet tooth but he ate i all up and they come in pretty big slices !!




my chicken and jars are a new addition to our kitchen im so glad i manage to find them at the carboots around here ive been after a chicken for ages and the jars are perfect for my flours and caster sugar ( i have written on the bottom of the jars which is self raising and which is not as i know someone will try and switch them round - monkeys!! )




Our fvourite activity of all time ....
Building sandcastles, Digging holes, walking gracie-lace and boy beach fab fun.. so lucky to live in cornwall what a beautiful place ... i just couldn't leave the beaches and the smells of the sea air !

little by little

These are just some pictures from my final degree show,

and now i am finished with the degree i can get on to projects that i can really get my teeth into im very excited for the future ...

futher pictures can be found on my flickr which there is a link to it on the side







I am very proud of these pieces ive managed to constuct a 3-d form out of knit with a little help from a very good friend i can now master quite a few techniques now in knit.

These pieces where inspired by the story of 'the crow and the water jug' and colours where taken from seascapes around cornwall from first hand drawings and photos and also strata of landscapes, rocks and pepples .

OF COURSE IF ANYONE IS SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN A COMMISIONED PIECE OR PIECES PLEASE EMAIL ME AT LISABELLATINASHOE@HOTMAIL.CO.UK

final degree show





Hello there my wonderful audience of two!! A few pictures from my degree show of my 3-d knit hope you enjoy it and have seen nothing like it!!




CELEBRAT GOOD TIMES CA' MON!!

hurrah !!! wowo hoooo!!!